How to evict in Portland OR

[Luis Gutierrez]

Hi first time writing in. We have a rental house in Portland OR and have month to month tenants. They started with a year lease and have been monthly since 2 years ago. We recently finished some major maintenance around the house and during that process we noticed them very aggressive towards us and our contractors. We noticed they have not been taking care of the front or back yard which is their contractual responsibility. They've had 2 dogs when they only paid for a small dog. The association sent us letters complaining of the dog feces smell coming from the back and it goes on. We sent them an $75/mo addendum to the rent to cover a gardener to pick up their slack. This mad the tenants send us demmands "for going forward". Some of the demands are just ridiculous. We just want them out. Please help...

[Neal Collins]

Luis Gutierrez Evictions are costly and largely a last line measure. Here’s a few things that we do that could be helpful to you in situations like this:

1. Have a conversation with the tenants about your expectations and directly tell them that they are not meeting them. Many times we just get frustrated but fail to communicate clearly.

2. Increase their rental rate so that it stays just below the 10% line for a calendar year and see if that gets them to move.

3. Give them a No Cause Notice of Termination. Get the necessary documents from an organization like Multifamily Northwest and serve the tenants appropriately. You’ll need to pay relocation expenses which vary according to the number of bedrooms in the unit.

4. Last case scenario is to try and do a For Cause eviction. You will need ample documentation and is procedurally much more difficult because you’ll need to send out Cure or Quit Notices for most of the things that you mentioned. If you make it to court then the judge will also want you to potentially negotiate out an agreement, and if that doesn’t work then you’ll go to trial where the ruling doesn’t always go to the landlord.